DX Logbook on-line May 2009

Here are some of my occasional short wave observations

Location: North-East part of the St.Petersburg city
Receiver: Sangean 909
Antenna: 15 meters outdoor long wire (30 meters temporary one starting from May 23)
All time are in UTC
Frequencies in kHz

3200 1731-1740 SWZ TWR Manzini, 03/05, English, OM religious talk, song - fair-poor with deep fading and local noise, and without any Russian pirates +- 10-30 kHz at this time (but their two most "popular" Russian pirate SW channels including 2920 and 6660 had a lot of their representatives as usually)

3959.8 1744-1800* KRE KCBS Kanggye, 03/05, Korean, patriotic songs, YL talk, 1757 national anthem - poor, fading and local noise, splashes from 3950 (CNR), //2850 slightly better

2485 1808-1813 AUS ABC Katherine, 03/05, English, pop song, then OM/YL talks - poor, deep fading and local noise

5915 1824-1833 ZMB Radio 1, Lusaka, 03/05, Vernacular, OM talk, - almost good signal, but fair only due to the splashes from 5920 (SVK) and 5910 (CRI)

13590 1845-1900* ZMB CVC, Lusaka, 03/05, English, OM talks with mentions of CVC and 1Africa, western pop songs, - almost good at the beginning, then fair with some fading and local noise, // Listen Live on http://www.1africa.tv/

5940 *1900-1905 ZMB CVC, Lusaka, 03/05, English, African pop song, OM ann with mention of CVC and 1Africa.tv site, next pop song - fair with some fading and splashes from 5945 (IRB), // Listen Live on http://www.1africa.tv/

7200 1910-1920 RUS RUS R. Rossii, Yakutsk, 03/05, Russian, "Svoya zemlya" program for countrypeoples - fair with SDN on the same channel and with the same level, //7345

7140 1956-2011 RUS RUS R. Rossii, Yakutsk, 03/05, Russian, national anthem, time pips, news, some ann with mention of radiorus.ru site - poor with deep fading and local news, //7200 and 7345 (both fair-poor)

6055 2014-2019 RRW R. Rwanda, Kigali, 03/05, French, YL talk with music in the background, nice slow local song - almost good with some fading and splashes from 6050 (CNR)

11925.3 2025-2037 B R. Bandeirantes, Sao Paulo, 03/05, Portuguese, tentative OM football report (Corinthias vs Santos?) - poor with RTTY-like QRM on 11923 and splashes from 11930 (ARS)

11815 2038-2101 B R. Brasil Central, Goiania, 03/05, Portuguese, OM football report without any goals during this time slot, unfortunately (Corinthias vs Santos) - fair-poor with strong splashes from 11810 (BBC+ROU) and 11820 (ARS)

9625 2105-2115 CAN CBC Nord Quebec, Sackville, 03/05, French, YL/OM news programme - fair-poor with deep fading and local noise

15420 1937-1947 USA WBCQ Monticello, 10/05, English, OM religious talk with one YL ann at 2041 with mention of P.O. Box 11 somewhere in New Mexico and some e-mail address - fair-poor with fading, local noise and one unidentified station in the background (DW Kigali?), besr in USB

11765 2000-2018 B R. Deus e Amor, Curitiba, 10/05, Portuguese (also English + Portuguese) religious homily by two preachers - fair-almost good with some fading

4835 2136-2143 AUS ABC Alice Springs, 10/05, English, OM/YL morning news reports, 2141 rock song - fair with deep fading and local noise, //5025 under two powerful RTTY signals on 5021 and 5027

11780.0 2150-2157 B R. Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia, 10/05, Portuguese, Brazilian songs including one short OM/YL ann at 2154 with ID - poor with local noise and RTTY-like QRM om 11778

9565 2203-2208 B R. Deus e Amor, Curitiba, 10/05, Portuguese religious homily by some preacher - weak with splashes from 9570 (REE), //11765

5995 2214-2225 MLI R. Bamako, 10/05, Malian songs - fair with some splashes from 6000 (BUL)

7125.0 2255-2400* GUI R. Conacry (tent.), 10/05, mostly talks in unidentified language - weak with low audio level

4825 2350-2358 B R. Rducadora, Braganca (tent.), 10/05, Portuguese, Brazilian songs, short OM ann at 2355 - poor with het.

7190.1 0022-0028 CLN SLBC Colombo, 11/05, Hindi, local music, 0025 YL ann with ID, then Buddhist OM singing - fair-good

15745 0227-0237 CLN SLBC Colombo, 23/05, English, old western pop songs with one short YL ann and mention of Sri Lanka at 0234 - almost good with some fading, //9770.2 fair-poor, but there was no any signal on 6005v due to the propagation

6090 0238-0242 AIA Caribbean Beacon, Anguilla, 23/05, English, Dr. Gene Scotts talk almost good with some fading and slight transmitter hum

9369.9 0243-0250 USA WTJC Morehead city, 23/05, English, OM talk, religious songs - fair with splashes from 9365 (RFA)

9562.3 1714-1723 ETH Voice of Ethiopia, Gedja, 24/05, French, local songs with short OM talk at 1720 - fair with splashes from 9565 (WYFR), //7165.0 good

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